The Walking Challenge has concluded for another year, and we would like to congratulate everyone who participated!
Throughout the Challenge, there were a number of prizes on offer donated by our partner organisations Medibank, HESTA, Aware Super and Maxxia, as well as rewards for the top-performing teams. We would like to acknowledge the amazing effort that all teams put in and celebrate the prize winners below.
Top 5 teams
Highest steps achieved overall.
1st place – Kingston NW2 Team, 2,951,184 steps
Christian Gementiza, Karen Humphreys, Karly Mittermayr and Daryl Gementiza
2nd place – BME Trailblazers Mk3, 2,929,542 steps
Paul Burmeister, Clare Stronach, Mark Wooden and Mark Wang
3rd place – Just Kids at Heart, 2,913,097 steps
Kristian Pikines, Belinda Warrin, Corinne Smith and Francine Ross
4th place – CASEY HIS, 2,907,702 steps
Caitlyn Budge, Tara Harvey, Emma Loran and Laruen Scicluna
5th place – Sassy Girls, 2,727,9788 steps
Seethal Babu, Tinashe Gimani, Supipi De Silva and Marigold Uy
Spirit Award
Most valuable member as voted by team members.
- Ashima Abbott (from team Aspiring Cranberries)
- Jordan Jago (from team Modified Bruce)
Step Up Awards
Selected from teams who reached over 1,120,000 steps.
- Complex Care Clayton (Meihi Cai, Leanne Robertson, Wiaosai Wang and Alfred Reyes)
- Aspiring Cranberries (Rachel Sushma, Ashima Abbott, Jerin John and Comatola Parker)
- Language Services (Liang Zhang, Gregoria (Lina) Andreou, Angela Nikolitsis and Pauline Cao)
Top 3 Most Improved Teams
Teams who made the most improvement from the first week to the last week of the Challenge.
- Findin’ a Cure (Emma Hoja, Joanne Mifsud, Aiza Blas and Penny Macquire)
- Koala (Deepthi Thirimanna, Rukhshana Hussaini, Mhikee Sanchez and Amandeep Kaur)
- Meconium Happens (Sahar Ashori, Susanna Seamer, Mel Bartlett and Karina Gresle)
Bonus prizes
Selected from participants who completed the Pre and Post Challenge surveys and the weekly lucky draw.
- Sarah Cleary (from team Sole Sisters)
- Phillip Chen (from team Social Distances, pictured left)
- Kingston NW2 Team (team weekly lucky draw winner, pictured right)
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Keep an eye out for the winners of the ‘Share Your Journey’ competition which will be shared shortly.
We encourage all participants to keep aiming for 10,000 steps a day and to continue connecting with teammates, friends and family when we may be physically apart.
For resources on health and wellbeing, visit the Monash Health COVID-19 employee website.
Approved by Karen Lowe.